Gamble Collection

Fortuna by Ernest Board
Painting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911

On Pleasure Bent, On Pleasure Broke by Lance Mattinson
Cartoon showing an optimistic chap arriving at a greyhound racing stadium, hopeful about winning some money and then leaving looking crestfallen. Obviously, it wasn t his lucky night

London Life front cover, March 1966 - The Things London Girl
Front cover of London Life magazine with the provocative headline, " The Things London Girls Do for Money" and a photograph of a flirtatious woman called Marilyn Rugg with impressively

Gambling / Dice / USA / 1863
American Civil War soldiers are punished for gambling by being compelled to gamble

Comic postcard, woman at the races with bookie, placing a bet both ways Date: 20th century

Bookies at dog racing, Walthamstow
Bookies light cigars as they take bets from punters at Walthamstow during an evening dog race. The race track closed in 2008 Date: 2000

The Roulette Gaming Table, by G A Sala Date: 1866

WW1/1915/RUSSIAN GAMBLE
The Russians gamble - and lose ! (Death rakes in the fallen..) Date: 1915

Political cartoon, On the Turn of the Card by Francis Carruthers Gould - Gladstone peers in through the door. Date: 1894

Comic postcard, Couple asleep in the countryside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman at the races - two men discuss which horse to bet on Date: 20th century

Medieval men playing the game of franc-carreau, by throwing a coin onto a square, others playing a similar game with a round tile

Gentlemen and lady playing cards in a parlour, while others dance in the next room. He says, You ve hit a vein. I congratulate you Madame! He thinks, The devil take you

Largest tote in the world, White City, West London
Largest tote in the world at White City, West London, for the Greyhound Derby 1932. 1932

GAMBLING / CROCKFORDS
Gents in smart attire gamble at the dice table in Crockfords Club. Date: 1843

The Losing Lady And The Cough-Drop, A Hectic Moment At Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. The innocent cough-drop and the worried officials

Men Playing Cards Date: 1948

Knave of Hearts Date: 1880

Flint hand axe
Photograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old

FALL / ENGLISH SETTER / 1936
Two of Lorna, Countess Howes setters working together in a field. On the left is BRIGHT OF BOREEN and on the right, NORTH DYKE GAMBLE. Date: 1936

BOXER / BREAKSTONES / 1948
CHRISTINE OF BREAKSTONES Owned by Dunkeus and Gamble. Date: 1948

Men smoke and play a game of checkers in Canton, China
Viewed from above, a group of men smoke and play a game of checkers in a Canton street, Guangzhou, China Date: 1986

USA - Montana Cowboys have a little disagreement over cards. The Actors are playing it straight with Poker faces, although the cowboy on the draw is looking a little bit flush-ed

Lady Mercy Greville (1904-1968). The daughter of Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick and Frances Evelyn Maynard

An Italian advertisement for Faustino Solesio S. Martino d Albaro, Genova

Chippy Norton - Late Victorian era Bookmaker
Mathew Dawson (18201898) - a British racehorse trainer based at Newmarket. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898, he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races

Berg of Mayfair suit, 1962
A glamorous model looks either pleased or shocked at the cards at a chemmy table in a casino. She is wearing a dress and jacket in rich cream silk given ultimate glamour with mink cuffs by Berg of

Old Kate, seller of race cards
An elderly woman known as Old Kate, who makes her living from the sale of race cards. She is seen here sitting in an open carriage

The Devils Rosary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge Percy. First produced at the Kellys Theatre, Liverpool, on 31st July and, as The Blind Girls Rosary at the Elephant and Castle, on 20th December 1915

Gaming table at a club, with some possible cheating going on. circa late 18th century

A Scotchman Visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman
A Scotchman, ordered to the Riviera for his health, makes the mistake of visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a man from Scotland being carried away by worried officials after

Health, Wealth and All Prosperity. The scene of a fun evening - pipes, cigarettes and cigars have been smoked, cards have been played and ale and whiskey have been drunk! Date: circa 1909

Robert Gamble
ROBERT GAMBLE at age 25 The caption - A child of many mercies - is suggestive of a dissenting churchman of some kind, but we have not been able to trace him. Date: CIRCA 1800

John Gamble
JOHN GAMBLE British musician Date: ? - 1687

Henry Gamble Blagrove
HENRY GAMBLE BLAGROVE Musician. Date: 1811 - 1872

The Woman Who Gambles bys Buchanan Rogerson
Promotional postcard for The Woman Who Gambles by S. Buchanan Rogerson. First produced at the Colosseum, Oldham, 29th January and Princes Theatre, Poplar, 2nd July 1906

Roberts self-propelling fire engine
William Roberts of Millwall self-propelling fire engine, with two firefighters. This photograph appeared in a book entitled Outbreaks of Fire bys G Gamble. Date: 1862

Presentation of long service medals, Southwark HQ
Presentation of long service medals at Southwark HQ, showing C.O. Sladen (Lieutenant Commander RN) and D.C.O. Mr Gamble. Date: 1915

The winner. Theres no need for luck when a man has pluck, A smile and a cheerful song, and passes on strife in the game of life to help the world along

Joseph H. Hawley, Vanity Fair, ATn
SIR JOSEPH HENRY HAWLEY 3rd baronet (1813/41875). Racehorse owner and breeder, not adverse to a large wager himself winning 250, 000 on three races alone

The Royal Revenues
The kings financial situation : on the wall is a list of his borrowings, but he continues to gamble... Date: 1789

Dr. William Gamble 1689 - 1778 (c.1740). Unknown 18th century. Date: 1740 (circa)

Flint hand axe (label)
Photograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old. This close-up of the label shows the date and initials J.P, for John Prestwich

Don t gamble with syphilis - Consult health authorities. Poster showing a man rolling dice. Date between 1936 and 1940

Fate-Vos Yeux by Howard Elcock - Monte Carlo casino, 1926
Scene in the casino at Monte Carlo, where smart society in evening dress win and lose a fortune at the tables. Date: 1926

Gambling in a casino, 1927
A group sit around a boule table in a casino, fixated by the gambling going on by a confident looking gentleman. Date: 1927

Starter caught at the Tote
The Starter who was Caught at the Tote by Patrick Bellew. The massed ranks of punters, jockeys, policeman and even a horse react with undiluted horror at the sight of the race starter placing a bet

Monte Carlo fancy dress costume
A fancy dress suggestion of a costume representing Monte Carlo. The dress is half red satin and half black velvet with one red shoe and the other black

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